Oh man, the hours given up to just browsing the d&d manuals, no regrets.
Re: crime/suspense... Dive in! Get those first time drafts out and on to the editing desk 💪
Had a donut and feeling contemplative so.... I prize the quiet times. The small, all too short hours and minutes and snatches of in between when inside is louder than out and the world is too busy with itself to notice me and balance is a cup of tea. Now to nap.
The sisters walked through their small town, the sun climbing its familiar path, casting first rays on the fresh earth that covered their father’s grave. It was a day too bright for mourning, the kind that made sorrow feel out of place. #shortstory#storyjhnsn.xyz/the-girl-who...
This is a great story and I can never decide between it and Le Guin' s "Left Hand of Darkness" for recommendations.
It’s dark now, Brother Sun is so far away. And I find myself wondering, wind stirring howls, A particular kind of thought, rain hammering its spray Outside slick black concrete and dawn as far as my dreams from day. In the dark, I’m thinking, blinking... #poetryjhnsn.xyz/company-of-m...
Love the idea of particularly silly reasons to ban something but nothing can compete with a Register of Prohibited Publications that listed 12,000 books and magazines. For relentless dumbfuckery, Ireland deserves a prize. www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/09/the-...
For Banned Books Week 2024, Index staff share some of the most absurd examples of literary censorship